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August 18, 2024
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Physiological, Biomechanical, and Thermographic Responses in Male Athletes during an Ultra-Endurance Race

Publicated to: Applied Sciences-Basel. 14 (15): 6511- - 2024-08-01 14(15), DOI: 10.3390/app14156511

Authors:

Belinchón-deMiguel, P; Ramos-Campo, DJ; Clemente-Suárez, VJ
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Affiliations

Univ Costa, Grp Invest Cultura Educ & Soc, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia - Author
Univ Europea Madrid, Fac Biomed & Hlth Sci, Dept Nursing, Villaviciosa De Odon 28670, Spain - Author
Univ Europea Madrid, Fac Sport Sci, Villaviciosa De Odon 28670, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Phys Act & Sport Sci INEF, Dept Hlth & Human Performance, LFE Res Grp, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

This study investigates the comprehensive physiological, biomechanical, and thermographic responses of male athletes during an ultra-endurance race, the Santander Four Days (S4D). Involving a 160 km race over four consecutive days with a 10 kg backpack, the study focuses on key aspects such as body mass, cortical arousal, handgrip strength, heart-rate variability, hydration status, blood glucose and lactate concentrations, and thermographic responses. The results indicate changes in heart-rate variability, indicating increased cardiovascular strain, consistent neuromuscular performance, significant body-weight reduction possibly due to dehydration and energy use, stable pH and glucose, but increased protein in urine suggesting renal stress, and varied body temperatures reflecting physical exertion and environmental factors. These findings highlight the body's adaptive mechanisms and the importance of specialized training and recovery strategies in such physically demanding events.
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Keywords

Body-temperatureCortical arousalExercise performanceFatiguHeart-rate variabilityHeatHuman thermoregulationStrengtStrengthStressThermographyUltra-endurance

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences-Basel due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 50/179, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Engineering (Miscellaneous).

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 16.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 15 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/89436/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 93
  • Downloads: 46
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Colombia.

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RAMOS CAMPO, DOMINGO JESUS.

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